Key font awesome icon Usage,CSS Class Name,SVG & CSS Content Code

Key font awesome icon css class name is fa-key and CSS Content Code is \f084.

Key font awesome icon is part of solid icons.

Key font awesome icon usage

We can display Key font awesome icon using 3 different ways depending upon our requirement.

1. Using CSS Class Name

2. Using CSS Content Code

3. Using SVG

Key font awesome icon CSS class name

To display Key font awesome icon, add predefined class name i.e.,fa-key (with prefix fa-) to the i tag.

And we need to add corresponding font awesome icon style for the Key icon.

Key icon has 1 icon style i.e.,solid. We need to append icon style class fas.

<i class='fas fa-key'></i>

Key font awesome icon CSS Content Code

We can display Key font awesome icon using it’s CSS Content Code \f084

Use the following HTML code

<li><span class='Key fontawesomeicon'></span>Key</li>

Apply CSS code

<style> 
.fontawesomeicon::before {
    display: inline-block;
    text-rendering: auto;
    -webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased;
 }

.Key::before {
   font: var(--fa-font-solid);
    content: ' \f084';
 }</style>

For the detailed tutorial visit https://www.angularjswiki.com/fontawesome/csscontentcode/

Key font awesome icon SVG

Use the following icon SVG to display Key font awesome icon.

<svg class='fontawesomesvg' xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" viewBox="0 0 512 512"><!--! Font Awesome Free 6.2.0 by @fontawesome - https://fontawesome.com License - https://fontawesome.com/license/free (Icons: CC BY 4.0, Fonts: SIL OFL 1.1, Code: MIT License) Copyright 2022 Fonticons, Inc. --><path d="M336 352c97.2 0 176-78.8 176-176S433.2 0 336 0S160 78.8 160 176c0 18.7 2.9 36.8 8.3 53.7L7 391c-4.5 4.5-7 10.6-7 17v80c0 13.3 10.7 24 24 24h80c13.3 0 24-10.7 24-24V448h40c13.3 0 24-10.7 24-24V384h40c6.4 0 12.5-2.5 17-7l33.3-33.3c16.9 5.4 35 8.3 53.7 8.3zm40-176c-22.1 0-40-17.9-40-40s17.9-40 40-40s40 17.9 40 40s-17.9 40-40 40z"/></svg>

Use the following HTML code

<p>This <svg class='fontawesomesvg' xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" viewBox="0 0 512 512"><!--! Font Awesome Free 6.2.0 by @fontawesome - https://fontawesome.com License - https://fontawesome.com/license/free (Icons: CC BY 4.0, Fonts: SIL OFL 1.1, Code: MIT License) Copyright 2022 Fonticons, Inc. --><path d="M336 352c97.2 0 176-78.8 176-176S433.2 0 336 0S160 78.8 160 176c0 18.7 2.9 36.8 8.3 53.7L7 391c-4.5 4.5-7 10.6-7 17v80c0 13.3 10.7 24 24 24h80c13.3 0 24-10.7 24-24V448h40c13.3 0 24-10.7 24-24V384h40c6.4 0 12.5-2.5 17-7l33.3-33.3c16.9 5.4 35 8.3 53.7 8.3zm40-176c-22.1 0-40-17.9-40-40s17.9-40 40-40s40 17.9 40 40s-17.9 40-40 40z"/></svg>
 Key displayed using SVG</p>

Apply CSS code

  <style>
    .fontawesomesvg {width: 1em;
      height: 1em;
      vertical-align: -.125em;
    }
  </style>

Change Key font awesome icon size

To increase Key font awesome icon size, use the fa-lg(33 % increase), fa-2x, fa-3x, fa-4x, or fa-5x classes along with icon class \f084. Increase in icon size will be relative to their parent container.

<i class='fas fa-key fa-lg'>fa-lg</i><br/>
<i class='fas fa-key fa-2x'>fa-2x</i><br/>
<i class='fas fa-key fa-3x'>fa-3x</i><br/>
<i class='fas fa-key fa-4x'>fa-4x</i><br/>
<i class='fas fa-key fa-5x'>fa-5x</i><br/>

Key font awesome icon with Fixed Width

All the font awesome icons does not have same width.

For example Key icon and home icon may not have same height and width.

So to display two icons with fixed width and height we can use fa-fw class.

<i style='border:1px solid;' class='fas fa-key fa-fw fa-3x'></i>Fixed Width<i style='border:1px solid;' class='fas fa-key fa-3x'></i>Normal<br/>
<i style='border:1px solid;' class='fas fa-home fa-fw fa-3x'></i>Fixed Width<i style='border:1px solid;' class='fas fa-home fa-3x'></i>Normal<br/>

Key font awesome icon Border

To add border to Key font awesome icon, use fa-border class.

<i class='fas fa-key fa-border fa-3x'></i>

Pull Key font awesome icon To the left

To pull Key icon to the left of the container use fa-pull-left class.

<div style='width: 200px;'>
<i class='fas fa-key fa-pull-left fa-3x'></i>
  ... The text after Key Icon will be displayed on the right side of the icon.
</div>
<div style = 'clear: both;'></div>

Pull Key font awesome icon To the left

To pull Key icon to the right of the container use fa-pull-right class.

<div style='width: 200px;'>
<i class='fas fa-key fa-pull-right fa-3x'></i>
  ... The text after Key Icon will be displayed on the left side of the icon.
</div>
<div style = 'clear: both;'></div>

Animate Key font awesome icon

To animate Key font awesome icon, use fa-spin class.

<i class='fas fa-key fa-spin fa-3x'></i>

Animate Key font awesome icon with steps

While animating the font awesome icon,We can rotate Key icon in 8 steps instead of uniform rotation.

We can use fa-pulse icon along with fa-spin class.

<i class='fas fa-key fa-spin fa-pulse fa-3x'></i>

Rotate Key font awesome icon

To rotate Key font awesome icon, Use fa-rotate-x class

Where ‘x’ represents degree of rotation.

<div>
<i class='fas fa-key fa-3x'>R</i>normal<br/><br/>
<i class='fas fa-key fa-rotate-90 fa-3x'>R</i> fa-rotate-90<br/><br/> 
<i class='fas fa-key fa-rotate-180  fa-3x'>R</i> fa-rotate-180<br/><br/> 
<i class='fas fa-key fa-rotate-270 fa-3x'>R</i> fa-rotate-270<br/><br/>
</div>

Flip Key font awesome icon

To flip Key font awesome icon horizontally and vertically use fa-flip-horizontal and fa-flip-vertical classes.

<div>
<i class='fas fa-key fa-3x'>F</i> Normal <br>
<i class='fas fa-key fa-flip-horizontal fa-3x'>F</i> fa-flip-horizontal<br>
<i class='fas fa-key fa-flip-vertical fa-3x'>F</i> fa-flip-vertical<br>
</div>

Combine Key font awesome icon with other font awesome icons

In font awesome icons,using stacking we can combine multiple icons and display it as one icon.

To do that use the fa-stack class on the parent, the fa-stack-1x for the regularly sized icon, and fa-stack-2x for the larger icon.

And use class fa-inverse for an alternative icon color.

In the below example, I am displaying Key font awesome icon on top of icons like fa-square,fa-circle and fa-ban.

And used fa-inverse in the second example to invert the color of the icon.

<div>
    <span class='fa-stack fa-lg'>
        <i class='far fa-square fa-stack-2x'></i>
        <i class='fas fa-key fa-stack-1x'></i>
    </span>
      Key on fa-square<br>
    <span class='fa-stack fa-lg'>
        <i class='fas fa-circle fa-stack-2x'></i>
        <i class='fas fa-key fa-stack-1x fa-inverse'></i>
    </span>
      Key on fa-circle<br>

    <span class='fa-stack fa-lg'>
        <i class='fas fa-key fa-stack-1x'></i>
        <i class='fas fa-ban fa-stack-2x'></i>
    </span>
      Key on fa-ban
</div>